Book Market Watchdog Mugs

"Health officials now confirm the proliferation of a new epidemic they're calling 'way too many memoirs being published.'"

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

'Let's go to our education reporter for more underreporting of school success stories.'

GAS PRICES AT PUMP

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

Press Freedom

It's okay Mom! As a broker, I'm under supervision of the SEC!

"This just in: According to a recent poll, painkillers have replaced religion as the opiate of the masses."

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

"I'm going to miss it when they stop warning us"

"I like his earlier work better, particularly the ones I said I didn't like at the time."

"Moby Richard by Herman Melville" "Wonderful! Not sure about the title—let's discuss editor."

"AI chat bot"

Turkey, present day...

"Despite thoroughly scraping the celebrity barrel, that Orwellian nightmare Celebrity Big Brother is back on our screens again."

Three little pigs-mortgage.

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

"Be careful of that sun, Stewart. You're starting to look like the front page of the 'Times Book Review.'"

'Right so lets be clear, when you said my book was a turgid reworking of a sad collection of hackneyed ideas you actually meant that it was a groundbreaking work of originality and genius...'

Free press.

BREAKING FAKE NEWS

Cameron uncomfortable hanging out with his inquisitor.

"He really hates all the fake news!!"

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

"#Metoo unveils an awful abyss of disrespect, harassments and hostility towards women! Let's make a film about it - boobs and violence sells great!"

An acceptable level of TV violence.

Freedom of the Press

"The enemy of the people!"

The Barrel of a Gun: the Press and the Truth

Phone Hacking Explained - 50 p.